Page "Winnebago, Illinois" Paragraph 5

Most of the first land claims for that area was $ 1. 25 an acre in the south end of the township, because it was wooded instead of prairie land.

In July 1841, the first two purchasers of land in Winnebago Township where Henry Schoonmaker and Joseph Folsom.

Mr. Folsom was a veteran of the 1812 war.

Both men purchased this land from the Galena Land Office.